Hudson County will see more of its residents eligible for tax credits related to President Obama’s federal health-care overhaul than any other New Jersey county aside from Essex, according to a new report.

About 60,000 Hudson County residents will be eligible for the tax credits, reads the report, issued today by health-care advocacy group Families USA. The credits are intended to defray the costs of purchasing private insurance.

The tax credits, along with other elements of the controversial Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, will lead to “added economic security” for working families in New Jersey, the group says.

“The report released today provides further evidence of what we already knew to be true – the Affordable Care Act is working to provide better health care today, and it will work to provide higher quality, more affordable coverage for years to come,” said Sen. Bob Menendez in a statement.

About 55 percent of the eligible Hudson residents will be Hispanic, 22 percent white and 11 percent African-American, according to the report. Forty percent will be between the ages of 18 and 34, 34 percent between 35 and 54 and 12 percent over 55, the report says.

To be eligible for the tax credits, which will be available beginning next January, a family must have an income of up to $94,000, which is four times the federal poverty level. Statewide, more than 600,000 individuals will be eligible for the credits, according to Families USA.

The credits would be used toward purchasing health insurance in the new regulated insurance exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act, which requires most individuals to have insurance by next year.

Open enrollment in the exchanges is set to begin in October 2013.

Customers will be able to choose between four levels of coverage: bronze, silver, gold and platinum. The tax credits cited in the Families USA report are related to the silver plans.

A family of four earning $35,325, or 150 percent of the federal poverty level, will be eligible for an $11,090 tax credit to be used toward purchasing health insurance. If the annual premium for a plan in that families’ zip code is $12,500, the family would have to pay about $120 out of pocket each month.

Families USA says the tax credits will be available at the time an individual enrolls in a plan, so there will be no waiting until that year’s taxes are filed and the individual won’t have to be reimbursed.

The controversial legislation, largely upheld by the United States Supreme Court last year, allows states to decide whether to run the exchanges or have the federal government manage them. Gov. Chris Christie has opted for letting the feds handle New Jersey’s exchange.

After Hudson and Essex counties, individuals with the most eligible residents will be Bergen, Union, Passaic and Ocean counties, the report says. Hunterdon County will have the least number of eligible residents, at 4,910, according to the report.